Mens Hockey to Collect Socks for Homeless Saturday

Fans can bring the new, white socks to the game at Bright
Hockey Center (photo courtesy DSPics.com).

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-The Harvard men's hockey team
will be collecting new, white socks to benefit the Boston Health
Care for the Homeless Program at Saturday's game against Colgate.

Fans are encouraged to bring the socks to the game, the
Crimson's final regular-season home contest, and stick around
afterward for Senior Night festivities. The puck drops at 7 p.m.
The sock drive is the kickoff to Harvard's relationship with BHCHP,
and members of the team are looking forward to volunteering with
the organization following the season.

"I'm very excited and proud of that our team is stepping up to
make a difference in our community," said Ted Donato '91, the
Robert D. Ziff '88 Head Coach for Harvard Men's Ice Hockey. "We
look forward to contributing to the mission of the Boston Health
Care for the Homeless Program and encourage our fans, alumni and
students to join us in this effort."

BHCHP is in its 25th year of providing the highest quality of
health care to Boston's homeless men, women and children.
Last year alone, the program provided care to over 11,000 patients
through an extensive network of sites. The organization is
recognized as a national model, having been the first in the
country to develop an electronic medical record for a homeless
program, a 24-hour medical respite unit, a multidisciplinary HIV
team to care for homeless people and a street team dedicated to
extending health services to people who avoid shelter and hospital
clinics.